Save Me
by the Jesus and Mary Chain
from the album Stoned and Dethroned
chords and lyrics transcribed by John Spencer

The chords for this song are B E F# E repeated (each verse
and the chorus start on B). This main riff is played on top
pretty much throughout.

e--12-12----12-------------------------------12-14---
B--------11------12-11-12-14-11-----11-12-11---------

(intro)

unholy
I feel sick and unholy
my soul don’t want to know me
I’ve been living like dirt

(keep strumming F# for a bit and play riff 1 over it)

riff 1: B---2-2-2-2-2--4--7--42--

(second verse: same chords, but add riffs 2 & 3)

riff 2: B-----0--0-----2-- riff 3: B--4--7--42--0------0--
G-----------1----- G------------------1----
D-----------------
A--4-------------- 

riff 2
Hey lover
riff 2
I’ve been touched by another
riff 2
I guess I’m blowing my cover
riff 3 riff 1
I guess I’m blowing my life

(chorus: same chords strummed twice as often, play part of riff 3)

oh save me
nothing’s right for me lately
I was wrong but don’t hate me

B--4--7--42--0--

I’ve been doing it for myself

(solo)

e--------------------------------------2--------------------
B-2-2-2-2-2---0---0-0---0---0-2b-----4---4-2-0-0---0---0----
G-----------1---1-----1---1----------------------1---1------
D--------------------------------------------------------4--
A-----------------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------
e-------------------------------2----------------------
B------0-0---0-0---0---0-2b---4---4p2--4b-0------------
G--1-1-----1-----1---1---------------------------------
D-4-4--------------------------------------------------
A---------------------------------------------------4--
E-------------------------------------------4-7---4----

(repeat 1st verse along with these little riffs)

unholy

e--------2-----------
B--2--4-----4--2--0-- 

I feel sick and unholy

e--------2-------
B--2--4-----2p0--

my soul don’t want to know me

e--------2-----------
B--2--4-----4--2--0-- 

I’ve been living like dirt

A--------2--5b4--
E--2--4-----------

oh save me

nothing’s right for me lately

e-----2-------
B--4-----4p2--

I was wrong but don’t hate me

e---------------------------------2-------2------------
B----4-4/7--4--2------0-2-0-2--4-------4------4--2--0--

I’ve been doing it for myself

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chords:

B x2444x
F# x4432x
E x2210x
…let me know of any corrections.
John (jspencer@newbridge.com)

Intro : Fm/F# C# x4

Verse : F# F# F# F# C# C#

And my mood is black
And my eyes are black
And my life is black
And my love is black

Turn the good thing back
Kiss the good thing back
Make the good thing back
Be the good thing back

Chorus : Fm/F# C#

[Fm/F#]Nothing here belongs
[Fm/F#]Nothing here belongs
[Fm/F#]No one hear is on my side
[Fm/F#]Nothing here is mine

Guess I get done wrong
Yeah I get done wrong
Guess I get done wrong
Yeah I get done wrong

And the black runs deep
Yeah the black runs deep
I guess the black runs deep
I think the black runs deep

Nothing here belongs
Nothing here belongs
No one hear is on my side
Nothing here is mine

Solo (F# F# F# F# C# C# x2)

Nothing here belongs
Nothing here belongs
No one hear is on my side
Nothing here is mine

Bridge : D# F# D# F# D# F# D# F#/C#

Hey you’ve been saved
Hey you’ve been saved

And my mood is black
And my eyes are black
And my life is black
And my love is black

And I guess I can
And I guess I can
Yeah I guess I can
Think I guess I can

Nothing here belongs
Nothing here belongs
No one hear is on my side
Nothing here is mine